Monstrous Step
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Ikoria: Lair of BehemothsIKO · #166
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.02 € · ★ 0.15 € · 0.21 $ · ★ 0.08 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Green
Card text
Target creature gets +7/+7 until end of turn. Up to one other target creature blocks it this turn if able. Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Chris Seaman
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-04-24
Flavour text
Life is best taken one step at a time.
Rulings
Creatures other than the second target creature may still block the first target creature if able.
If a creature is required to block a creature with menace, another creature must also block that creature if able. If none can, the creature that’s required to block can block another creature or not block at all.
If the second target creature can’t block the first target creature for any reason (such as being tapped), then it doesn’t block. If there’s a cost associated with having it block the creature, the player isn’t forced to pay that cost, so it doesn’t have to block in that case either. That creature is free to block another creature or to not block at all.